The Tune Book

After years of tune collecting, I was able to fulfil a dream of mine and put together a physical tune book. Published in 2022, it features 86 original tunes and songs from across Victoria, as well as some truly gorgeous artwork. All together, 60 people were involved in this project, and I cannot thank them enough for all their support.

To purchase a copy of the tune book, simply leave a message through the form below and I’ll post one out to you (yep, it’s a little bit old school!). The total cost is $30.00 including Australian shipping.

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About Melbourne Tune collection

Melbourne Tune Collection records and publishes original folk tunes and songs from around Australia.

I started this project after realising that I barely knew any Australian folk tunes, even though I’ve been playing the fiddle for almost two decades. It wasn’t that Australians weren’t writing tunes, it’s just that there was limited publishing opportunities for them.

I thought maybe if I collect these tunes and put them together, they would have a better chance of getting played. So in early 2019 I set off with my camera and recorder, first around Melbourne, then across Australia.

This site is the result of these travels. Its purpose is to make Australian folk music as accessible as possible and promote the incredible music that’s being written today. I genuinely believe that there’s something special happening in the Melbourne and Australian folk music scenes right now.

I hope you enjoy playing through these tunes as much as I have!

Katherine Oleinikov